Penzance

[ pen-zans ]

noun

1. a seaport in southwestern Cornwall, in the southwestern extremity of England: summer resort town.

Penzance

/ pɛnˈzæns /

noun

1. a town in SW England, in SW Cornwall: the westernmost town in England; resort and fishing port. Pop: 20 255 (2001)

Example Sentences

She went off to Penzance in search of sea bathing and inexpensive lodgings.

From The Daily Beast

On his sailing from Penzance, he told his wife that he had paid the house-rent for a year in advance, mentioning the sum.

From Project Gutenberg

But this digression has taken me so far away from Penzance that I may as well close this chapter with it.

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Could not some of your antiquarian correspondents in the west, Mr. Boase of Penzance for example, furnish such a list?

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Newlyn, the paradise of artists, deserves a better approach, and Penzance itself merits a fairer exit.

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Newlyn, a long mile beyond Penzance, in spite of the painters who have carried its name far and wide, is still largely unspoiled.

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